The City of Wanneroo in Perth, Western Australia was originally established on 31 October 1902 as a road board with a chairman and councillors under the Roads Boards Act 1871. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road boards became Shires with a shire president and councillors effective 1 July 1961. On 19 July 1985, Wanneroo attained City status, and the Shire president became a mayor.
The City was then split in 1998 with the southwestern section becoming the City of Joondalup and the remainder forming a reduced Shire of Wanneroo. It re-attained City status on 18 June 1999. As this was before the local government elections to elect a mayor and councillors, the second incarnation of the Shire did not have a president.
The current mayor of the City of Wanneroo is Linda Aitken, who was elected to the position in September 2022.
Wanneroo Road Board
Shire of Wanneroo
City of Wanneroo
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- On 10 March 1950, three councillors, W.G. Pearsall, W. J. Mowatt and E. Ashby, resigned. On 24 March 1950, an Order in Council was issued appointing a Commissioner, George Seddon Lindsay in his role as Secretary for Local Government, "until a new Board is duly elected". This election took place on 10 June 1950.
- On 17 December 1957, an Order in Council was issued appointing a Commissioner, Richard Rushton. The reason given was that "owing to the resignation of members, there are not now sufficient members to form a quorum of the Board of the Wanneroo Road District."
- On 12 November 1997, the council was suspended for a period not exceeding two years by the Minister for Local Government and five commissioners were appointed. It was reinstated on 1 July 1998, only for the City to be immediately abolished and placed under the same five commissioners.
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